Improvement in clothes-pounders



F. H. PERRY.

Clothes-Founders.

Patented Oct. 13, 1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

FRANCIS H. PERRY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM LUTHER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHI IS-POUND ERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 55,812, dated October 13, 1874 application filed November 19, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FEANoIs HENRY PER- RY, of the village of Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Founders for Washing Textile Fabrics, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a perforated plate, upon which is arranged a series of ribs in such a. manner that their edges may operate upon the fabrics to be washed, forcing the fabrics downward, while the water or scouring-liquid will be driven upward between the ribs through the openings in the perforated plate, thence back into the tub. Through the center of the perforated plate a tube, of sufficient size to contain a handle, is passed, in the lower opening of which is placed a piece of soft rubber for a bumper, to relieve the jar from the arms of the operator when forcing hard upon the fabrics. That portion of the tube extending above the perforated plate, and containing the handle, is braced by triangular braces, the lower edges of which are connected with the perforated plate, and their adjacent edges to the tube. To prevent the water from flying upward or spattering the operator, the perforated plate is covered by a conical shield, which is placed a sufficient distance above to allow the water, after passing through the openings in the perforated plate, to expel itself from under the shield back into the tub.

Figure 1 represents a sectional view; A, handle; B B, shield;'O, central tube to receive the handle; D D, perforated plate; E E, braces; F, rubber for spring.

Fig. 2, view of bottom, H being that portion of the central tube containing a rubber for a spring or bumper I I, openings in plate G G, ribs.

The operation is as follows: The fabrics to be washed are first placed in a tub or suitable holder, with as much suds or scouring-liquid placed upon them as Will well cover them.

The hydraulic washer is then applied by pressure upon every portion of the fabrics. The effect of this application is to force the fabrics downward, while the liquid in the bottom of the tub will be forced upward through the fabrics, by which action the dirt and stains are set free. This operation repeated, using the suds or scouring-liquid boiling hot, will effectually remove the dirt and stains, and the fabrics require no rubbing or boiling.

What I claim as my invention is- A clothes-pounder, constructed with a perforated plate, D, with large holes I I, and provided with ribs G G on its under side, an enlarged central tube or socket, H, for rubber F, central tube O for handle A, shield B, and braces E E, substantially as herein shown and described.

FRANCIS HENRY PERRY.

Witnesses:

WM. LUTHER, J OSEPH SHAW. 

